Born in 1918, Jan van Dijk had been the oldest living Dutch composer for decades when he passed away on November 25 2016. In 2013 René Seghers interviewed him in his home in Tilburg, for the 401DUtchOperas.com project, since Van Dijk also composed 4 operas, De Vliegende Hollander (1953), Dat was Waarheid (1967), Protesilaos en Laodmia (1968) en de toneelmuziek bij Brechts Die Gesichte der Simone Machard (1968). His "main" operas were however those he never completed: the cannibal opera 'A modest proposal' after Jonathan Swist, which had the interest of Wieland Wagner, De kapiteinsdochter (on a libretto by Theun de Vries after Pushkin), The Casc after Poe and Prikkebeen (on a libretto by Godfried Bomans). Van Dijk discusses his operatic endeavours and explains why he didn't finish his major opera projects. He also explains his position in both the musical and the real world as an outsider. Unfortunately the interview is in Dutch, sorry about that but we haven't yet found volunteers who offer to translate and edit all this stuff. However, the Jan van Dijk pages on 401DutchOperas.com offer a translation of the transcript. The website also offers downlaods in cd length of a survey of his recorded music (which, it total encompasses 1263 compositions!). Here is the direct link to Jan van DIjks biography on our website:
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